Giant expands recruitment-fee refunds to more migrant workers

Giant Group has launched "Phase Three" of its recruitment-fee refunds, now extending the programme to cover former migrant workers who left the company after 24 September 2023.

The move is the latest in the Taiwanese company's efforts to get the Withhold Release Order (WRO), imposed on it in September 2025 over allegations of forced labour, lifted. According to Giant, its efforts now align with the prior scope used by US Customs and Border Protection while going further than common international practice.

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In the two previous steps, Giant announced recruitment-free refunds to newly hired migrant workers and subsequently extended that to all current migrant workers in mid-October 2025.

Former employees can apply for the refund through a form on Giant's, through which the company will check eligibility and explain the next steps.

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